Every moment is a fresh beginning. Every breath is a new chance.

The root of happiness is altruism — the wish to be of service to others.

The development of insight is gradual, but the realization of truth is sudden.

The three characteristics - impermanence, suffering, and non-self - are not philosophical concepts but aspects of experience to be directly observed.

Although all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, they function perfectly well.

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick. Every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower.

True happiness is not about getting rid of all our problems, but about changing our relationship to them.

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

Real happiness lies within. It cannot be found in external objects or achievements.

The signs of practice are not in extraordinary experiences but in extraordinary awareness of ordinary experiences.

The nature of mind is the unity of awareness and emptiness.

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

We deal with our mind from morning until evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is awakened.

Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.

The precious pot containing my riches becomes my teacher in the very moment it breaks.

Better to have one moment of genuine meditation than to perform religious activities for a thousand years.

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks.

There is no difference at all between samsara and nirvana. There is no difference at all between nirvana and samsara.

Our task is not to seek for love but to find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it.

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything.

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.